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Hepatitis B vaccination coverage and postvaccination serologic testing among medical students at a public university in Brazil.
Souza, Eduardo Pernambuco de; Teixeira, Marcelo de Souza.
Afiliação
  • Souza EP; Escola de Medicina e Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Teixeira Mde S; Aluno do Curso de Graduação em Medicina, Escola de Medicina e Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ; 56(4): 307-11, 2014.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25076431
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the hepatitis B vaccination coverage among medical students at a public university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and their compliance with the postvaccination serologic testing recommendations. Of the total of 858 students, 675 (78.7%) participated in the study. Among the participants, 48.9% (95% CI: 45.1% to 52.7%) were vaccinated against hepatitis B (received ≥ 3 doses of the vaccine), 31.6% were not (received 0, 1 or 2 doses), and 19.6% did not know their vaccination status. Hepatitis B vaccination coverage increased from 26.0% among first-year students to 70.6% among sixth-year students while the prevalence of unknown vaccination status decreased from 39.7% among first-year students to 2.4% among sixth-year students. The frequency of unvaccinated students ranged from 23.7% among fifth-year students to 34.4% among first-year students. Only 34.8% of the vaccinated students performed the anti-HBs testing after vaccination. Among these medical students, we found a low adherence to the hepatitis B vaccination and to the postvaccination serologic testing. A comprehensive hepatitis B immunization program should be offered to students at this medical school.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estudantes de Medicina / Vacinas contra Hepatite B / Hepatite B / Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite B Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Brasil

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Estudantes de Medicina / Vacinas contra Hepatite B / Hepatite B / Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite B Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Brasil Idioma: En Revista: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Ano de publicação: 2014 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Brasil